The China Post
Date: July 19, 2016
By: Stephanie Chao

TAIPEI, Taiwan — The Democratic Progressive Party (DPP) caucus passed a motion Monday to seek an extraordinary legislative session to clear three contested bills, with legislation targeting ill-gotten party assets to top the agenda.

The session, proposed to begin Friday and last a week, would also review this year’s state-owned business budget as well as Labor Standards Act amendments that would give workers one fixed day off and one flexible rest day (一例一休).

The news was grudgingly received by Kuomintang (KMT) caucus leader Lin Te-fu, who said the DPP’s majority made it “impossible to evade the issue.” KMT lawmakers would consider the situation and come to a conclusion at their next caucus meeting on how to handle the party asset bill, he said.     [FULL  STORY]